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Originally Posted by donkhater
I'll admit Hali turned into a better pass rusher than I thought he'd become, but best pass rusher in the league?
Using QB pressures as a measure of pass rushing ability is like using pass rating to judge a QB. All it means is that he didn't get to the QB in time. What constitutes a QB 'pressure' anyway? He was around the guy when he passed the ball?
He's a top rusher, I'll give him that. I honestly didn't think he'd be what he's become. but he hasn't turned a game around or dominated a game defensively like other top pass rushers in the league. Most feared pass rusher in the league? I doubt that.
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Are you for real?
He completely dominated that San Fran front and was a big reason we ran away with that game.
He still doesn't have quite the pieces around him that other guys like Ware and such have, i.e. a complimentary rusher. I remember a stat from a few years ago when Merriman was still considered a top guy that he had more sacks from other guys pressure moving the QB to him than anyone.
Simply going off of sacks doesn't tell you much. If the guy isn't getting around the QB all the time and just gets a sack here and there he isn't causing the disruption you want from your pass rushers either.
This board overrates the actual sack and underrates everything else because most of the people here underrate Hali.
As far as his weight loss/weight gain thing, I have no idea. However I do know that he LOOKS different than years past. More muscular and leaner. He very well could be heavier but have done it through more mass gain while also shedding some bodyfat. Either way, his stouter at the point against the run and that elusive step that people complained about is suddenly there, and I don't think it's a coincidence that his physique also looks very different now too. Fat is not a friend of speed. Maybe Hali had that step all along, but was just carrying too much fat at the time. This is very possible.